Joshua Seth (born December 2, 1970) is an American voice actor, magician, comedian, keynote speaker, mentalist, and entertainer.
Biography[]
Seth was born in Kent, Ohio, and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School. As a child, Seth attended several experimental programs at Kent State University where he was admitted at the age of 8. Later, he attended Hampshire College as well as the New York University's film school Tisch School of the Arts where he trained as a performing artist he has lent his voice for many popular anime characters and he is also the best known for voicing as Taichi "Tai" Kamiya in Digimon Adventure series. He was also the announcer of "Kids WB's Aftertoons Show" block and "Saturdays: Unleashed" block.
He retired from voice acting in 2006 to focus on his touring live stage show. He currently performs as a mentalist and formerly as a magician. He has won awards from Hollywood's famed Magic Castle, starred in four of his own TV specials in Japan and South Korea, and performed at over 2,000 events in over 30 countries to date. He would later reprise the role of Tai in all of the new Digimon Adventure tri. movies, recently finished recording in Hollywood, CA.
He is now a sought after Keynote Speaker and the author of a best-selling book on innovative thinking and high-achievement called "Finding Focus In A Busy World".
He currently lives in Saint Petersburg, Florida.
Filmography[]
Live-Action Dubbing[]
Films[]
- Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge (1996) - Young Man, Dragon, Young Jubei, Guard P
- Black Angel (1997) - Kosugi's Guard
Animation Dubbing[]
Animated Series[]
- Journey to the Heart of the World (1993) - Kim
- Jin Jin & the Panda Patrol (1994) - Additional Voices
- Adventures of Oliver Twist (1996) - Additional Voices
- Mummy Nanny (2001) - Alex
Animated Films[]
- The Little Polar Bear (2001) - Lemming 1
Anime Dubbing[]
Anime[]
- Honeybee Hutch (1970-1971) - Hutch
- Eagle Riders (1978-1980) - Additional Voices
- Tales of Little Women (1987) - Theodore "Laurie" Laurence
- Zenki (1995) - Akira/Goki
- Teknoman (1992-1993) - Billy (ep. 11)
- Bit the Cupid (1995-1996) - Troglo
- Saint Tail (1995-1996) - Daiki Asuka Jr.
- Rurouni Kenshin (1996-1998) - Eiji Mishima (eps. 35-37), Soldier (ep. 35), Ryuzaburo Higashiyama (ep. 78) (Media Blasters Dub)
- Speed Racer X (1997) - Sparky, Klaus, Silver Phantom, Red (eps. 1-2), Alfred Hyman (ep. 5), Joe (eps. 8, 12)
- Tenchi in Tokyo (1997) - Spirit B (ep. 1), Construction Worker B (ep. 1), Additional Voices
- Tokyo Pig (1997-1998) - Spencer Weinberg-Takahama
- Vampire Princess Miyu (1997-1998) - Young Maki (ep. 12), Helmsman (ep. 13), Yang/Shinma (ep. 16)
- Cowboy Bebop (1998-1999) - Boy 2 (ep. 21), Additional Voices
- Nightwalker: Midnight Detective (1998) - Schoolboy (ep. 10)
- Trigun (1998) - Young Millions Knives
- The Big O (1999-2003) - Jeff Meyers (ep. 10)
- Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999-2000) - Tai Kamiya, Pabumon, Pumpkinmon
- Digimon 02 (2000-2001) - Tai Kamiya, Tai's Son (ep. 50)
- Pilot Candidate (2000) - Zero Enna
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2000) - Carl
- Babel II: Beyond Infinity (2001) - Soichi
- Cyborg 009 (2001-2002) - Joe Shimamura/009
- Digimon Tamers (2001-2002) - Kumbhiramon
- The Prince of Tennis (2001-2005) - Ichirō Kaneda (Sound Cadence Studios Dub)
- Digimon Frontier (2002-2003) - Yutaka Himi, Teppei, Candlemon (ep. 3), Wizardmon (ep. 3)
- Duel Masters (2002-2006) - Shobu Kirafuda (eps. 1-26), Hakuoh (eps. 1-26)
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002-2003) - Omba (eps. 9, 11)
- The Twelve Kingdoms (2002-2003) - Ikuya Asano
- Last Exile (2003) - Dio Eraclea
- Wolf's Rain (2003) - Hige
- Zatch Bell! (2003-2006) - Maruss, Additional Voices
Anime Shorts[]
- Leave it to Kero! (2000) - Takashi Yamazaki
- IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix (2003) - Takeshi Noa
OVAs & Specials[]
- Giant Robo: The Animation (1992-1998) - Daisaku Kusama (eps. 3-5) (Animaze Dub)
- Moldiver (1993) - Nozomu Ozora
- Orguss 02 (1993-1995) - Funeral Attendee (ep. 1), Rivilian Child (ep. 1)
- Macross Plus (1994-1995) - Skateboarder (ep. 1)
- Wild 7 (1994-1995) - Ryugoku
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (1996-1999) - Injured Zeon Soldier (ep. 9)
- éX-Driver (2000-2001) - Souichi Sugano
- ÉX-Driver: Nina & Rei Danger Zone (2002) - Additional Voices
- URDA: The Third Reich (2002-2003) - Alan
Anime Films[]
- Akira (1988) - Tetsuo Shima (Animaze Dub)
- Prince of Light (1993) - Additional Voices
- DNA Sights 999.9 (1998) - Tetsurō Daiba
- Digimon Adventure (1999) - Tai Kamiya
- Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie 2: The Sealed Card (2000) - Takashi Yamazaki
- Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Landing!! / Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals (2000) - Tai Kamiya
- Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! (2000) - Tai Kamiya
- Digimon: The Movie (2000) - Tai Kamiya
- Digimon Adventure tri. (2015-2018) - Tai Kamiya, Motimon
- Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (2020) - Tai Kamiya
Video Game Dubbing[]
- Ape Escape: On the Loose (2005) - Jake (US Dub)
External Links[]
- Joshua Seth at the Internet Movie Database.
- Joshua Seth on the Anime News Network's encyclopedia.
- Joshua Seth on Behind The Voice Actors.